• False Light

    26 May, 2026

    When government agencies control the narrative, truth becomes a casualty. This analysis examines how false light operates as a structural weapon within Australia's child protection system.

    Patrick O'Connor

  • children

    12 May, 2026

    When the state removes a child, families expect protection — not permanent silence. This investigation exposes how NSW's child protection system has become a machine for irreversible family separation.

    Patrick O'Connor

  • removal of children

    31 March, 2026

    The removal of children is not a neutral act. It is shaped by political ideology, inequality, and unchecked state power — demanding urgent scrutiny and systemic reform.

    Patrick O'Connor

  • boys

    8 September, 2025

    Across Australia our education departments publish annual reports which list achievement gaps – by indigenous status, socio-economic status, disability, geolocation and language background – but never by gender. Yet the data is there showing girls are streaking ahead of boys in almost every subject in final year exam results.

    Bettina Arndt

  • injustice in family law

    22 April, 2025

    The Family Court has been the subject of dozens of government inquiries and attempts at reform on its road to becoming a cash cow for lawyers and the single most hated jurisdiction in the country.

    John Stapleton

  • former Family Court judge Stuart Lindsay

    15 April, 2025

    “The Family Court system is in enormous trouble.” That’s a momentous statement given that the speaker, Adelaide barrister Stuart Lindsay, is a former Family Court judge. But there’s much more… This experienced insider blames the parlous state of this vital institution on a campaign led by the Labor Party.

    Bettina Arndt

  • family law reform

    18 March, 2025

    John Stapleton's latest book, "Failure: Family Law Reform Australia", is a scathing critique of Australia’s family law system, timed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Family Law Act of 1975. It is a sobering tale of institutional overreach, human cost, and a democracy too timid to fix its own messes.

    Augusto Zimmermann

  • 18 February, 2025

    This DEI-based system is a key part of the reason why family men are killing themselves in such numbers – a system designed to chew men up and spit them out. Any decent suicide prevention program would ask what can be done to protect men from this fate.

    Bettina Arndt

  • family law

    4 February, 2025

    The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Family Law Act, the single most impactful and destructive piece of legislation to ever pass the Australian parliament.

    John Stapleton

  • 1 October, 2024

    Stephen Baskerville’s "Taken into Custody: The War Against Fatherhood, Marriage, and the Family" presents a scathing critique of the American divorce and family court system, arguing that it systematically undermines the traditional family structure, particularly by marginalising fathers.

    John Stapleton

  • 14 November, 2023

    If Australia’s male suicide rate could be reduced to that of the rest of the world, 10 men per week would be saved from an early death.

    Bettina Arndt

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